May 2011
May 28, 2011:
- On the claim that the Democrats are proposing a 62% top income tax rate
- On the GOP's jobs agenda
- On the GOP's jobs agenda II
- On the Republican 5% growth strategy
- On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: there is no delivery-system reform proposal
- On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: the Ryan plan is not comparable to Medicare D
- On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: cross-country evidence says it is a bad idea
- On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: it's not Bill Clinton's fault
- On the Wall Street Journal's false claim that the regulatory tax is now larger than the income tax
- On Megan McArdle's false claim that we could not cover the Social Security deficit by restoring the high-income bracket to Clinton-era levels
- On Republican opposition to raising the debt ceiling
- On signs of accelerating wage increases in mid-2011
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Harvey Mansfield's claim that being capable of rape better qualifies a person for greatness
May 29, 2011:
- Glenn Hubbard's claim that Obama has "ruled out long-term entitlement spending restraint"
- On Republican claims that contractionary fiscal policy is expansionary
- On Mitt Romney's claim that uncertainty about government policy hobbles the recovery
- On the OECD's claim that stimulative policy is largely exhausted; hence we must go structural
- On the claim that the Ryan plan's Medicare cuts are no bigger than those of the Affordable Care Act
- On the claim that investors today are worried about a U.S. default
- On the claim that Obama is waiving the law for Democratic campaign contributors
- On Joe Nocera's plea that Democrats not scorn Paul Ryan
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: David Brooks on how Republicans should maneuver to destroy Medicare
Housekeeping
- Silly questions we should be ready to answer
- Brad DeLong's Virtual Green Room Wiki List of Entries
May 30, 2011:
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy
- On the claim that all approaches to curbing Medicare spending are unproven
- On Tim Pawlenty's claim that President Obama is setting up this false choice between default and raising the debt ceiling
- On Tim Pawlenty's claim that ObamaCare has added to the national debt
- On Senator John Barraso's (R-WY) claim that Don Berwick is Obama's health care rationing czar
- On Peter Wallison's claim that Fannie and Freddie caused the financial crisis
- On the Republican claim that Obama has increased nondefense discretionary spending by 80%
May 31, 2011:
- Paul Ryan's claim that ObamaCare kills Medicare as we know it
- John McCain's claim that Sarah Palin can beat Barack Obama
- Republican claims that 51% of households don't pay any taxes
- Claims that we should be optimistic because the yield curve is upward sloping
- Claims that only inflationistas who want to turn us into Zimbabwe favor higher inflation
- Ruth Marcus's claim that Democrats are crying "wolf" and "Mediscare"
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Roger Ailes's personal paranoia about Muslims
June 2011:
June 1, 2011:
- Debt ceiling Kabuki
- Smears of Elizabeth Warren
- Stephen Moore's 62% top rate once again
- Ruth Marcus's complaints about Democrats' "Mediscare"
- Jon Huntsman: Another Republican who used to be for the health-care mandate
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Rand Paul wants to throw people in jail for listening to speeches
June 2, 2011:
- STUPIDEST RIGHT-WING CLAIM OF THE DAY: Robert Lucas's claim that Barack Obama's election has permanently depressed U.S. real GDP by 8%
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin's claim that it would be reckless to pass a clean increase in the debt ceiling
- Yuval Levin's claim that the Ryan plan would protect seniors with pre-existing conditions
- George Melloan's claim that markets are nervous about the Fed's inflationary policy and that the Fed will bankrupt itself if it raises interest rates
- Ruth Marcus's claim that Democrats refuse to acknowledge the need for any changes in the path of Medicare spending
- SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Kevin D. Williamson
June 3, 2011:
June 4, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 4, 2011
June 5, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 5, 2011
June 6, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 6, 2011
June 7, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 7, 2011
June 9, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 9, 2011
June 10, 2011:
- Virtual Green Room: June 10, 2011